We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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… The Bible says we are lost without God. Isaiah 53, verse six. We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost. And we've all done our own thing, and we've all gone our own way, and God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong, on him. Talking about what Jesus did on the cross. Now he says we're all like sheep. It's human nature to wander. It's human nature to get lost. Let me ask, how many of your parents, can I see your hands? Your parents. All right, question. is it easy or is it hard for a little child to wander in a crowd and get lost? Kind of obvious. Have you ever had to teach your child how to get lost? No, you never had to class. Let me tell you how to get lost in a mall, son. They already know how to do it naturally. By our nature, we naturally wander. We wander away from our parents. we wander away from God, we wander away into situations we shouldn't be in, and we get lost. …
… details, you've got to read that this guy was saying this 700 years before it happened. Only God could have told him this. And in Isaiah 53, verses 5 and 6, it says this about Jesus, 700 years before Jesus arrived. He was wounded and crushed for our sins. This is on the cross. He was beaten and he took our punishment so that we might have peace. And through his wounds, our wounds are healed. All of us have strayed away like sheep. You know, sheep I told you last week are not real smart. We've all done our own thing. We've left God's path to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the guilt and sins of us all. Now, what I just read to you is the most basic fundamental truth of the Bible. If this wasn't true, we could all go home right now. because we wouldn't have anything at all if Jesus Christ hadn't come to pay for your sins. But the most basic truth is that he did, that everything you're gonna do wrong in life, including the stuff you're gonna do tonight and tomorrow and next week and 10 years from today, it's already been paid for. …
… Read it slow. The Father laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah said, all we like sheep have gone astray. We've all gone off on our own way, but God laid on him the iniquity of us all. Wow! Remarkable and awesome. friends as we prepare tonight now as we begin to segue to our communion you're going to remain seated but the elders and pastors and all will come forward and they'll distribute the elements before you i want you to keep a few things in mind as as they come in fact they can they can make their way you guys can make your way to come in the book of habakkuk i mean when's the last time you got up and read the book of Habakkuk. In the book of Habakkuk, the Bible tells us that their God says that my eyes are too pure to look upon evil. That's God. You know how some people look at evil and they like it? It's very scary if you think about it. There's some people, right? I mean, not some. All of us at one point in our lives looked at evil and it terrified us. Maybe you were young and you saw whatever evil is and you saw it and you were just disgusted by it. And then the second time, third time, fourth time, you hear him, you know where I'm going with this? …
… and by his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He has laid on him, on Jesus, the iniquity of us all. John 8, 28, Jesus said, when you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. In the same way that that bronze snake was lifted up on the pole, Jesus was lifted up on the cross. And anyone who will look to him can be healed. We are all bitten by sin. you're all born separated from God but you need to be born again if you want to go into the kingdom of God and we're talking true biblical faith look at James 2 17 James 2 17 James says faith by itself if it does not have works is dead now you might say well wait a minute you just said a moment ago that Abraham could not be justified before God because of his works and I would say absolutely you'll say, well, wait a minute, but this says faith by itself, if it does not have works, it's the order. If you try to put works before faith and be justified before God by your works, you're off. But works come after faith. I'm born again. Now what follows is evidence. …
… and with his wounds we are healed. All we, like sheep, have gone astray. We have turned everyone to his own way, but the Lord has laid on him, the suffering servant. the offspring of David the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all because of the servant the suffering servant the son of David Isaiah 55 7 can say to sinners to the wicked to the righteous return to the Lord that he may have compassion on you and to our God for he will abundantly pardon. I love that phrase, abundantly pardon. He could just say, pardon. He could just say, turn to the Lord, and he'll forgive. but he shows us the Father's heart when he says he will abundantly part. This is literally multitude of forgivenesses. He has a multitude of forgivenesses. He multiplies his mercies. He is not miserly with his pardons, but he abundantly forgives those who accept his feast. and His compassion and His multitude of mercies show us the kind of God He is. …
… Let's just look at verse 6. We all, like sheep, have gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own way. And the Lord has laid on him. God did it. God laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us peace was on him. And by his wounds, we are healed. Who laid our iniquity on him? We didn't even lay our own iniquity on the Savior. God did it. Grace at work prophesied 700 B.C. God is saying, grace is coming. Get ready. Grace is on the way. Isaiah said, the Lord will give you a sign. And that sign will be a virgin. And she'll conceive and give birth to a son. And we'll call him Emmanuel. So here we are, 700 years before Jesus. He's saying, grace is coming. Get ready. grace is coming. And then grace arrived. This is how the birth of Jesus, the Messiah, came about. It came about by grace. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph. You know the story. Before they came together physically, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit because Joseph, her husband, was faithful to the law and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace. He had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, …
… A sheep doesn't have a good sense of direction. A sheep is easily lost. What does the Bible say in Isaiah 53, verse 6, all we like sheep have done what? Gone astray. Sheep will browse here, nibble here, browse here, nibble here. He just gets further and further away. And he doesn't know he's getting further away, but he gets further away from the flock, further away from the foal, further away from the shepherd, and then he's out there and he's lost. Now it's bad enough that he's lost, but he can't find his way home. The cows come back to the barn, the horse comes back to the stable. Did you ever try and get rid of a cat? They come home. You'll hear of a homing pigeon, but never a homing sheep. They don't come back. They have to be sought. They have to be brought. That's just the nature, folks, of a sheep. And what did God say about His people in Hosea 11, verse 7? My people, my people are bent to backsliding from me. …
… He's no good at all except that he pays the penalty for the sheep's sin. All we like sheep have gone astray. We've turned everyone to his own way. And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. sins to the cross, therefore He took care of the penalty of sin. But when He rose from the dead, He now deals with the power of sin. He not only is the good shepherd, He had to be good to die for our sins, but He's the great shepherd. He rose from the dead. That makes Him the great shepherd. And the Bible says now He's able to lead us in the paths of righteousness for His namesake. It's not just that He died for me. Dear friend, He lives for me, and that deals with the power of sin. But wait a minute. He's also called the chief shepherd. Now, in 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 4, the Bible says, And when the chief shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. …
… He's no good at all except that He pays the penalty for the sheep's sin. All we like sheep have gone astray. We've turned everyone to His own way. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Yes, He carried our sins to the cross. Therefore, He took care of the penalty of sin. But when He rose from the dead, He now deals with the power of sin. He not only is the good shepherd, He had to be good to die for our sins, but He's the great shepherd. He rose from the dead. That makes Him the great shepherd. And the Bible says now He's able to lead us in the paths of righteousness for His namesake. It's not just that He died for me. Dear friend, He lives for me. And that deals with the power of sin. But wait a minute. He is also called the Chief Shepherd. Now in 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 4 the Bible says, And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. …